ICE: 70 Children Rescued From Abuse and Sex Trafficking in Texas

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CNS News) -- “Operation Lost Souls” successfully recovered 70 missing children, ages 10 to 17,  over the course of several weeks in West Texas, minors who were victims of physical and sexual abuse as well as trafficking, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) press release.

The three-week operation involved multiple agencies from the federal, state and local government.

As ICE reported on May 25, “‘Operation Lost Souls’ ran from the end of April through mid-May in El Paso, Midland and Ector and Tom Green counties. The missing youth, many of them runaways, ranged in age from 10 to 17. The children recovered included victims of sex trafficking and physical and sexual abuse.”